AN: Inspired by lyrics from "Right Where We Left Off" by New Found Glory. This story would take place during "Furt" and is kind of Finn's thoughts leading up to the best man speech he gives.
It seemed weird to be sitting at the table in the Hummel's home, even though he had briefly called this home himself earlier this year. Finn glanced at his mother, calmly moving around the kitchen looking for what she needed to start dinner for them as they waited for Burt and Kurt to get home from the meeting at school. A meeting to address the bullying issue Kurt had been dealing with since the beginning of the school year. Finn felt ashamed that he hadn't bothered to step up in Kurt's defense. Even when Rachel had asked him too, he had been more worried about himself.
"He threatened to kill me."
Kurt's admission, and the calm almost emotionless way he had said the words, kept echoing through his mind. He couldn't believe things had gotten that out of hand. Wanted to ask Kurt why he hadn't said anything. But Finn knew the answer to that already. Knew that Kurt shouldn't have had to mention that part to get his attention, as Finn had been aware of the bullying going on just like the rest of the Glee Club members.
"How did it go?"
His mom's question made Finn realize that Burt was home.
"They're expelling the kid. I don't know if they'll appeal that decision though." Burt replied.
"We'll deal with it when it happens," Carole replies.
"Where's Kurt?" Finn asked.
"He headed straight to his room," Burt replied.
Finn nodded as he got to his feet, and headed for the basement bedroom he and Kurt had briefly shared. Finn knocked at the door at the top of the stairs and heard Kurt's muffled 'come in'. Pushing the door open, he started down the steps into the room he had briefly shared with Kurt. The other teen had changed it back to what it had been like before the failed attempt to join households, though like his own room the packing up process had been started.
Finn felt Kurt's eyes on him as he stepped off the last step. "I'm sorry, Kurt. I should've done something earlier."
"It wasn't your fight," Kurt replied easily, neither accepting or rejecting the apology. Just like when the rest of the guys had stood up to Karofsky, and the girls were getting on him for not helping them, Kurt wasn't condemning him. The words held a trace of detachment in them. A cool logic which Kurt used so often to conceal the emotions that he tried to hide.
"It should have been," Finn replied, vowing then and there to make it up to Kurt somehow. He wasn't sure how, but he knew he needed to make things up to Kurt. Show his soon to be stepbrother that he was on his side.